 My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilized country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and...  The English Illustrated Magazine - 361 psl.1888Visos knygos peržiūra - Apie šią knygą
 | Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 214 psl.
...to chance upon that occasion, in which those parts or virtues wherein thou shinest are acceptable. MY lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. Memoirs of my Life and Writings, chap. ii. 49 42. Mr. Gibbon. . . . I think this may be the truth,... | |
 | Francesco Guicciardini - 1845 - 216 psl.
...to chance upon that occasion, in which those parts or virtues wherein thou shinest are acceptable. MY lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune. Memoirs of my Life and Writings, chap. ii. 42. Mr. Gibbon. Lord Bacon. . . . I think this may be the... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 psl.
...are Mrs. Hutchison's effusions of gratitude. The same sentiment is expressed by Gibbon, who says, " My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage or...in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honorable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune." — Gibbon's Memoirs. Coleridge in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 458 psl.
...hundred and thirty-seven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq. and of Judith Porten.* My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1846 - 406 psl.
...hundred and thirty-seven ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, Esq. and of Judith Porten.* My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 psl.
...OS, in the year 1737 ; the first child of the marriage of Edward Gibbon, esq., and of Judith Porten. My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage,...bounty of nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in au age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently... | |
 | 1881 - 704 psl.
...historian, but their respective ground» of satisfaction are widely different. " My lot," says Gibbon, " might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," he omits to say or a " heathen." He reflects on " the bounty of Nature"; Mrs. Gilbert, religiously... | |
 | Douglas Jerrold - 1853 - 330 psl.
...confessions" of the late " Lion :" — they shall stand unmixed " with baser matter." THE COCKNEY. "Mr lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," says the grateful Gibbon ; " nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast... | |
 | 1853 - 774 psl.
...fixed hia existence •when and where it did, attended by so many advantages. " My lot," says he, " might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant; nor din Irefleet without pleasure on the bounty of nature (he should have said Providence), which cast... | |
 | Douglas William Jerrold - 1853 - 328 psl.
...confessions" of the late " Lion :" — they shall stand unmixed " with baser matter." THE COCKNEY. "Mr lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant," says the grateful Gibbon ; "nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast... | |
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